winningest
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- superlative form of winning: most winning
- (US, sports) Having the most wins.
- 1958, Charles Beaumont, William F. Nolan, editors, Omnibus of Speed: An Introduction to the World of Motor Sport[1], Putnam, page 183:
- There can be little doubt that Carroll Shelby deserves the high praise he has received from many quarters. On the record he’s America’s winningest big car driver.
- 2004, Walter Harvey, The Super Bowl’s Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Big-Game Heroes, Pigskin Zeroes, and Championship Oddities[3], Brassey’s, →ISBN, page 42:
- In just a few short years, Don Shula turned the Dolphins from a laughingstock expansion team into an NFL dynasty. He then went on to become the winningest coach in NFL history.